Instructions

ZOOM IN by clicking on the page. A slider will appear, allowing you to adjust your zoom level. Return to the original size by clicking on the page again.

MOVE the page around when zoomed in by dragging it.

ADJUST the zoom using the slider on the top right.

ZOOM OUT by clicking on the zoomed-in page.

SEARCH by entering text in the search field and click on "In This Issue" or "All Issues" to search the current issue or the archive of back issues
respectively.
.

PRINT by clicking on thumbnails to select pages, and then press the
print button.

SHARE this publication and page.

ROTATE PAGE allows you to turn pages 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.Click on the page to return to the original orientation. To zoom in on a rotated page, return the page to its original orientation, zoom in, and
then rotate it again.

CONTENTS displays a table of sections with thumbnails and descriptions.

ALL PAGES displays thumbnails of every page in the issue. Click on
a page to jump.

4 CENTRAL CANTERBURY NEWS, AUGUST 5, 2015 stuff.co.nz Riders applaud dedicated trail plan By SAM SHERWOOD Plans for a dedicated horse trail in Selwyn are being hailed as a ‘‘fantastic step in the right direction’’ by local riders. Environment Canterbury West MeltonmanDave Hadler puts his handyman skills to use in Nepal. Tragic trip was inspirational too SAMSHERWOOD Two words perfectly sum up West Melton man Dave Hadler’s time in Nepal following the devastating earthquakes: heartbreaking and inspirational. Hadler put his Mr Fix-it skills into practice as a member of the New Zealand Red Cross IT and Telecommunications Emergency Response Unit, which went into action after the earthquakes in April and May in Nepal. He joined colleagues from Austria, Finland, Denmark and the United States making sure emergency supplies got through, responders could talk to each other, and there was light and internet when it was most needed. Hadler said Nepal did not have ‘‘To see somuch devastation inflicted on people whodid nothave much to start with is truly heartbreaking.’’ Dave Hadler the same standards as Christchurch following their earthquakes. ‘‘In Christchurch, authorities ‘red zoned’ areas . . . but in Nepal those process don’t exist and people are living in the rubble and running businesses from partially collapsed buildings.’’ Lincoln leading food security discussions Key issues around future food security challenges will be discussed at a workshop at Lincoln University this month It is part of a series of short courses set up to help industry professionals deal with increasingly complex and rapidly changing patterns in global food consumption, manufacturing and retailing. Lincoln University senior lec- turer in Food Microbiology Dr Malik Hussain says it will be the first workshop to address the issue inNew Zealand. ‘‘Food safety and security play a critical role in the sustainable growth of global economy and continually positive development of the foodmarket,’’ Hussain said. ‘‘Microbial and chemical contaminants of food derived from raw materials or evolved during processing or storage have been becoming increasingly alerted throughout the world. ‘‘A fundamental requirement has arisen to develop new approaches to food safety and security identification, monitoring and remediation systems.’’ He said the workshop will address this requirement from a technical view point and deliver science-based information on food safety, quality and security to provide industry and institutional personnel with cutting edge information on food inspection and quarantine, and international standards for food hygiene. It will create a platform for meaningful debate into topical issues affecting the global food market, and provide relevant updates on foodborne diseases and outbreaks, food poisoning and information on the best practice of new techniques within a changing world, Hussain said. The courses are run through theDepartment ofWine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, and involve participation from industry experts such as AgResearch and The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Recently, Hussain, as well as colleagues Associate Professor Ravi Gooneratne and Professor Charles Brennan, have been awarded a $96,000 MBIE grant to conduct workshops in China which address food safety issues related to microbial contaminants, chemical contaminants and their residues. All three will speak at the workshop along with Stephen On, ESR chief scientist, and Jinan University professor William Riley. For information see www.lincoln.ac.nz/dwfmb. Hadler first got involved with the Red Cross after seeing an ad in a Christchurch community newspaper about 25 years ago. At first he did search and rescue. He put his skills to use at least once a year, such as providing radio cover on the mountain section of the Coast to Coast race for 20 years. Later, he joined the Red Cross IT and Telecoms emergency response unit and was happy to have his first deployment to help people in Nepal, arriving on June 22. Hadler had worked in several developing countries, and been in emergency situations, but was yet to experience anything like Nepal. ‘‘To see so much devastation inflicted on people who did not have much to start with is truly heartbreaking. These people have lost family members and in some cases everything they own.’’ The one thing Hadler took away most from his trip was the mindset of the people living in Nepal. ‘‘The attitude of the people of Nepal is truly inspirational. I have made new friends there, both from international Red Cross aid workers and the local people I worked with. ‘‘The local people have a won- derful attitude to life and to getting on with life if things aren’t going right. My new-found Nepalese friends worked so hard at what they do, they are smart and it makes me proud to call them my friends.’’ (ECan) team leader of parks and forests David Owen said funding had been confirmed for the district’s first recreational riding area. ECan, along with the Selwyn District Council (SDC), has been working to develop a safe horse riding area in response to local demand. Owen said the trails will be in the forest between Chattertons and Weedons Ross Rds in the Waimakariri Regional Park and the existing trail bike trails along the river would not be affected. Springston Pleasure Riding Club member Linda Sevier, who has been riding in the district for 20 years, said the announcement was a ‘‘fantastic step in the right direction’’. Sevier said it was getting much more dangerous to ride on local roads as the population grew, making the need for a dedicated area even more important. Riders were having to ‘‘load up’’ and go elsewhere because the traffic was getting ‘‘too dangerous’’. Owen said ECan along with the SDC, would be meeting with interested people this week to form an advisory group to help lead discussion about the trail. Beaumont Park takes shape A hundred homes are underway in new Rolleston subdivision. LIZ McDONALD Construction is well under way on McConnell Property’s new housing development in Rolleston, near Christchurch. Beaumont Park sits within the bigger Park Lane Estates development on the eastern side of Rolleston, which lies in Selwyn District, the fastest growing district in the country. The subdivision will eventu- ally have close to 100 sections sized between 600 square metres to 900sqm and priced from $173,900 to $187,500. Home and land packages are also being sold by three builders, Bainbridge Homes, Mike Greer Homes, and Stonewood Homes. The company’s senior develop- ment manager, Ben MacGibbon, said sales were being settled now with buyers in stage one and two of the development. These stages include 49 sites, of which all but four have been sold, and work has begun on three houses. MacGibbon said they expected work to start on the remaining homes within the next few months. ‘‘The majority of Beaumont Beaumont Park subdivision in Rolleston will soon have its first residents. Park sales in the past two months have gone to first home buyers, which is really positive to see, but also to those seeking larger sections for a bigger family home.’’ Many of the buyers were taking advantage of this year’s boost to the KiwiSaver HomeStart grant, and Rolleston prices, which were lower than in other Selwyn district towns. The next release of sections in the development will be around Bradbury Ave, north of stages one and two. Ground and infrastructure work on these stages is due to start in September, and section titles are expected in December. Other recent subdivisions in Rolleston include Mayfair, Bellbird Place, Levi Park, Faringdon, Flyndon Grove, Newman Park, Stonebrook, and Park Lane Estates. The biggest is Faringdon, which will eventually have more than 1000 homes. Selwyn District has a popu- lation of about 40,000 people, fuelled by many new homes being built in Rolleston, Lincoln, West Melton and Darfield, and demand for lifestyle blocks in the Christchurch commuter belt.